Who won Lemieux vs Tapia?

David Lemieux beat Glen Tapia by technical knockout in the 4th round on Saturday 7th May 2016 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 10 rounds in the Middleweight division, which meant the weight limit was 160 pounds (11.4 stone or 72.6 KG).

Lemieux vs Tapia stats

David Lemieux stepped into the ring with a record of 34 wins, 3 loses and 0  draws, 31 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Glen Tapia made his way to the ring with a record of 23 wins, 2 loses and 0 draws, with 15 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested Lemieux had a large advantage in power over Tapia, boosting at 91% knock out percentage over Tapia's 65%.

David Lemieux was the older man by 1 year, at 33 years old.

Tapia had a height advantage of 1 inch over Lemieux. That also extended to a 3-inch reach advantage.

Both David Lemieux & Glen Tapia fought out of an orthodox stance.

Lemieux was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 12 more fights, and made his debut in 2007, 1 year and 7 months earlier than Tapia, whose first professional fight was in 2008. He had fought 88 more professional rounds, 200 to Tapia's 112.

Lemieux vs Tapia form

Lemieux had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 3 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Glen Tapia on 7th May 2016 by technical knockout in the 4th round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Gennady Golovkin on 17th October 2015 by technical knockout in the 8th round in their IBF World Middleweight, WBC World Middleweight and WBA Super World Middleweight championship fight at Madison Square Garden, New York.

Going into that contest, he had won against Hassan N’Dam on 20th June 2015 by unanimous decision in their IBF World Middleweight championship fight at Bell Centre, Montreal, Canada.

Before that, he had beat Gabriel Rosado on 6th December 2014 by technical knockout in the 10th round at Barclays Center, New York, United States.

He had defeated Fernando Guerrero on 24th May 2014 by knockout in the 3rd round at Bell Centre, Montreal, Canada.

Activity check

Lemieux's last 5 fights had come over a period of 8 years, 2 months and 17 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 7 months and 23 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 37 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 7.4 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Lemieux vs Tapia?

David Lemieux was a (+100) underdog going into the contest, while Glen Tapia made his way into the ring at (+100) with oddsmakers.